When torrential rains from Cyclone Freddy unleashed a flood in Malawi earlier this year, the extreme weather event claimed more than 1,000 lives and upended the livelihoods of millions of people. The floods also swept away a wealth of essential health data and medical supplies, medicines, equipment and infrastructure, mosquito nets, antiretroviral drugs (ARVs), contraceptives, tuberculosis (TB) medicines and many other items—leaving many people exposed to public health risks and disease.